Ethnopluralism

Ethnopluralism is a political doctrine that advocates preserving distinct ethnic and cultural groups by keeping them separate within their own territories. It presents cultural separation as an alternative to multicultural integration.

Alain de Benoist: Alain de Benoist is a French intellectual and leading theorist of the European New Right. He helped formulate the New Right ideas from which ethnopluralism emerged.
Cultural essentialism: Cultural essentialism treats cultures as internally coherent, enduring entities with defining traits. Ethnopluralism relies on cultures being distinct enough to require separate social spaces.
Great Replacement: The Great Replacement is a far-right conspiracy theory alleging that elites are replacing native populations through immigration. Ethnopluralist rhetoric can frame demographic change as a threat to group survival.
Xenophobia: Xenophobia is fear, hostility, or prejudice directed toward people perceived as foreign. Critics argue that demands for cultural separation can legitimize hostility to outsiders.
European New Right: The European New Right is a postwar intellectual movement that sought to reshape nationalist politics through cultural and metapolitical strategies. Ethnopluralism became a central idea within this movement.
Cultural relativism: Cultural relativism interprets beliefs and practices in relation to their cultural settings rather than a universal standard. Ethnopluralist arguments invoke respect for difference while prescribing separation.
Remigration: Remigration is a political proposal for the return or removal of immigrants and their descendants to countries of origin. Some activists present it as a policy route to the separation ethnopluralism advocates.
Racism: Racism is a system of beliefs or practices that assigns significance and unequal treatment to racial categories. Critics see ethnopluralism as repackaging racial exclusion in cultural language.
Nouvelle Droite: Nouvelle Droite is the French intellectual current associated with Alain de Benoist and the European New Right. Its French theorists developed arguments for cultural difference and separation.
Ethnic nationalism: Ethnic nationalism defines the nation primarily through shared ancestry, ethnicity, or cultural heritage. It connects collective identity to territory in a way ethnopluralism often echoes.

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National-anarchismRelated: It helps explain national-anarchism’s preference for culturally homogeneous, separate communities.